Kovai Road

Top Priority:

The Ring roads and more than 100 scheme roads planned in Master Plan of 1994 should be formed.
All Highways passing through Coimbatore are to be converted as six-lane roads till the next major town.
Perur and Maruthamalai roads to be widened as 4 lanes.

There are about 1.5 million registered vehicles in the district as on 2013 and, more than 1 lakh
vehicles are registered every year. Coimbatore is centrally located, and the major cities Tirupur,
Pollachi, Mettupalayam and Palghat are within a radius of 40 kms in 4 directions. The city is growing
at a rapid pace. The expanding economic activities and consequently the transport requirements are putting
enormous stress on the existing road infrastructure.

Ring roads and more than 100 scheme roads were planned in the 1994 Master Plan and were not implemented so far.
The following roads will meet the growing population partially, reduce heavy traffic congestion and facilitate
the peripheral development of the city.

1.

The Sulur-Mettupalayam link project dropped by NHAI should be revived. This will serve as an Outer Ring Road, connecting Trichy road, Avinashi Road, Sathy Road and Mettupalayam Road.

All the three National Highways passing through Coimbatore should have a six-lane track for a distance of 50 kms at least.

8.

Connections between Coimbatore and Thoothukudi
Coimbatore-Dindigul National Highway No 209 should be made a four-lane track for providing connectivity to the Thoothukudi Port for the freight generated in the Coimbatore - Tirupur region.

9.

The Golden Quadrangle ( Chengapalli – Walayar section)
Immediate steps to be taken for early completion of the project.

10.

Four-Lanes Perur and Maruthamalai RoadsThe city is fast growing towards Maruthamalai and Perur. The road connecting these two
places is to be widened to 4 lanes.

11.

New Link Roads Underneath H T LinesWhen North Coimbatore powerhouse was established, 11,000 Volts, E.B.Tower lines were erected in straight lines in different directions. At Least 50 feet wide non-usable land is available underneath these lines. These can be developed as link roads.

12.

Rail over Bridges On Rail Crossings at

Avarampalayam Road

Rathinapuri, 7th Street Extension

Vilankurichi Road

Kikani High School, Connecting Ram Nagar and Brooke Bond Road

SIHS Colony Road

Thaierettari Road

Near Peelamedu Railway Station to be hosted up

13.

Bus Terminals at

Thudiyalur

Kurumbapalayam on Sathy Road c. Neelambur

Sulur

14.

Truck Terminals at

Narasimhanaickenpalayam in Mettupalayam Road

Neelambur in Avinashi Road

Malumichampatti in Pollachi Road

Near Sulur in Trichy Road

Kovilpalayam at Sathy Road

15.

A multi-modal logistic centre, combining road and rail freight transportation is needed on the eastern periphery of Coimbatore. This may accommodate a road transport hub as well.

The Roundana design of the existing Fly-over can be altered using unused Highway Depot land and few feet of railway land to construct an exclusive diversion lanes to Goods-shed road and Brooke Bond Road.